Tosin Abasi, mastermind behind progressive instrumental metal outfit ANIMALS AS LEADERS, hosted a guitar clinic last Wednesday, November 24th at Berklee College of Music, in Boston, MA, before their show at the House of Blues.

The event was sponsored by the Berklee Metal & Hardcore Club and Berklee Performance Division. Members of the club also involved with the Guitar Messenger site, who recently posted an interview with and several instructional videos featuring Abasi.

Check out some photos from the packed clinic here. You can see the interview and link to the master class videos here.

Animals As Leaders just completed a tour with CIRCA SURVIVE and are doing a few dates on their own now. They will be supporting UNDEROATH and THURSDAY in January and February.

The band recently premiered the video for their track 'CAFO'. Check it out below.

Upcoming tour dates:

December

2 - Omaha, NE- The Waiting Room
5 - Sparks, NV- The Alley

January

20 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live *
21 - Austin, TX - Emo's *
22 - Dallas, TX - The Palladium Ballroom *
24 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater *
25 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre *
26 - West Hollywood, CA - House Of Blues *
27 - Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues *
28 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock Café Las Vegas *
29 - San Diego, CA - Soma *
30 - San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom *

February

1 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre *
2 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo *
3 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory Concert House *
4 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Concert House *
5 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue *
6 - Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall *
8 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
9 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues *
10 - Cleveland, OH - House Of Blues - Cleveland *
11 - Buffalo, NY - The Town Ballroom *
12 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre *
13 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre *
14 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis *
16 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Zoo *
17 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
18 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium *
19 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero *
20 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place *
22 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club *
23 - Charlotte, NC - Amos' Southend *
24 - Knoxville, TN - Valarium *
25 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade *
26 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House Of Blues *
27 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution *

(* with Underoath, Thursday)